Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement for its U.S. Operations
Covestro signed a 90 megawatt (MW) virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Ørsted, a Danish energy company. Read More…
Omya Acquires Bublon, Extends Lightweight Fillers Portfolio
Omya has acquired Bublon GmbH, a technology company that produces microspheres using closed-cell expanded perlite. Read More…
PPG Opens $30M Battery Pack Application Center in China
PPG has inaugurated a battery pack application center (BPAC) in Tianjin, China. The $30 million facility was designed with many features for testing the application of PPG coatings technologies, materials and systems for electric vehicle (EV) battery packs. Read More…
PaintCare Bill Passes Illinois Legislature
Legislation to bring the PaintCare program to Illinois, was adopted by the Illinois General Assembly on May 19. At press time, the legislation was to be sent to Gov. J. B. Pritzker. Read More…
Nouryon Signs Power Purchase Agreement for U.S. Solar Project
Nouryon announced that it has signed a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Convergent Energy and Power to supply 2-megawatt (MW) of solar power to Nouryon’s manufacturing site in Morris, Ill. The onsite solar field is expected to be operational in the second half of 2024. Read More…
LANXESS Doubles Capacity for High-Purity Benzyl Alcohol in North America
LANXESS doubled its production capacity for benzyl alcohol at its site in Kalama, Wash., to support the growth of its customer base in the Americas. The capacity expansion is the result of various technical upgrades. Read More…